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Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2025-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-21

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Apr 21

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168

← Apr 14Apr 21Apr 28 →

Receipts

76 head

▼ 63 vs last sale 139▲ 14 vs year ago 62 · +22.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 46, Bulls 8)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $291.92/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −86.66 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.

Average price

$291.92

16 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,602

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$19

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$7.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.57

vs VA average

−38.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	293.89	1,606	12thin
Medium and Large 2	555	286.00	1,587	4thin

One grade step is worth $7.89/cwt here — about $19 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale16 hd

291.92

—

VA average8 barns · 338 hd

308.49

−16.57

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

−38.03

This barn, trailing median17 sales

378.57

−86.66

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $407.95, low $326.47, median $378.57 across 17 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

18 lots · USDA AMS · Roanoke-Hollins Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Roanoke, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	367.59/cwt	361.00–369.00	1,717	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,730	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,846	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,015	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,425	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,007	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	351.57/cwt	351.00–352.00	1,452	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,505	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	302.25/cwt	260.00–325.00	1,412	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,618	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,587	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	278.56/cwt	249.00–294.00	1,568	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	261.18/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,763	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,806	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	402	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,580	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,755	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,760	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,970	2

This sale against other markets

Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Roanoke-Hollins Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Roanoke, VA

Mon Apr 21, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 76Last week 139Year ago 62

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 46, Bulls 8)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	402	393.00	393.00
1	500–550	500	351.00	351.00
2	550–600	588	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	530	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	380.00	380.00
9	400–450	413	351.00–352.00	351.57
7	450–500	456	330.00	330.00
9	500–550	541	299.00	299.00
3	550–600	563	249.00–294.00	278.56
4	650–700	675	255.00–267.00	261.18
4	700–750	700	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	265.00	265.00
3	450–500	467	260.00–325.00	302.25
4	550–600	555	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	467	361.00–369.00	367.59
7	500–550	543	340.00	340.00
2	600–650	648	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	353.00	353.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.